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. >> speaker boehner can't ignore the american people forever. at some point, reality should set in. the only question is how much financial stress middle class families and our entire economy will have to endure during this process. >> is this any way to solve the biggest threat to the economy since lehman brothers? "fast money" starts right now. >>> live from the nasdaq market site in new york city's times square, i'm melissa lee. back from the brink. from b of a to yahoo! stocks, are suddenly the comeback kids of the fourth quarter. we're separating winners from losers. >>> plus, sell signal. if insiders are heading for the exits, should you be, too? >>> and we're talking real estate and the fiscal cliff with dolly lens. but first, let's get straight to our top story, and that is the haggling in washington, d.c. president obama's meeting with house speaker john boehner this hour. john, what should we expect? >> we expect the meeting to last something less than an hour between the speaker and the president of the united states. a republican lea
. >> speaker boehner can't ignore the american people forever. at some point, reality should set in. the only question is how much financial stress middle class families and our entire economy will have to endure during this process. >> is this any way to solve the biggest threat to the economy since lehman brothers? "fast money" starts right now. >>> live from the nasdaq market site in new york city's times square, i'm melissa lee. back from the brink. from b of...
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boehner's going to make a pitch. cantor's going to make a pitch and mccarthy make a pitch and the fact they're are in there. >> paul ryan. >> the fact they're in there says they're in trouble. >> yes. the fact that they're there says they are in trouble, and speaking of somebody who was once a page way back when, you know, they will turn to paul ryan to look to him to give encouragement to the troops. the only one who can speak to the kind of crazy folks who right now are not with their speaker. >> a great point. go to paul ryan. i wonder if they're go to grover norquist and do it on a telephone loud speaker? grover backed it. >> to get the flavor about this. when you had boehner disciplining certain house members and taking them off committees. particularly the three who were conservatives, even though he replaced them with conservatives, that started a fund-raising opportunity for a lot of groups that felt he wasn't being conservative and felt part of the reason the election was lost was that those principles had n
boehner's going to make a pitch. cantor's going to make a pitch and mccarthy make a pitch and the fact they're are in there. >> paul ryan. >> the fact they're in there says they're in trouble. >> yes. the fact that they're there says they are in trouble, and speaking of somebody who was once a page way back when, you know, they will turn to paul ryan to look to him to give encouragement to the troops. the only one who can speak to the kind of crazy folks who right now are not...
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speaker boehner's plans are nonstarters in the senate. the latest thing we've seen that they're going to vote on tonight will raise taxes on 25 million american families by more than $1,000 while giving millionaires an average tack brex break of a additional $50,000 each. so if what they now have gotten out of rules, what they've gotten out of rules is not going to pass the senate. president obama said he will veto it. the house republicans know that the bill has no future. if they don't know it now, tell them what i said. we all agree, the four of us here. but they still decided to waste a week while middle class families edge closer and closer to the fiscal cliff each day of that week that they were wasting time. the senate has already passed a plan to extend tax cuts for middle class families. republican want to ensure that taxes don't go up january 1st, they should simply pass the senate bill. the senate bill is the only one that would be signed in law. we could protect middle class families tomorrow if the house would pass our bill.
speaker boehner's plans are nonstarters in the senate. the latest thing we've seen that they're going to vote on tonight will raise taxes on 25 million american families by more than $1,000 while giving millionaires an average tack brex break of a additional $50,000 each. so if what they now have gotten out of rules, what they've gotten out of rules is not going to pass the senate. president obama said he will veto it. the house republicans know that the bill has no future. if they don't know...
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want his name on john boehner's proposal. the approach does not represent the simpson-bowles plan. i took the mid point of the public offers to demonstrate where i thought a deal could be reached at that time and says times have changed since then and it is up to negotiators to find out where the mid point is today. it is no longer operative apparently. >>> getting back to potential cliffedend. you saw a big bet on microsoft today. >> great news for dell and should be good news for microsoft. we saw somebody buy 3,000 of the jan 28 calls. means the break even is about 28.31. they think the stock will get back to the 29 to 33 range where it has been. >> it is time to visit jane for the look of what is up next. >> guys, they estimate $1 billion worth of goods move through every day but right now we have a whole lot of nothing going on. they are negotiating in a building over there they don't want us to show you. we will have the latest after the break. [ male announcer ] the markets keep moving. make sure the news keeps coming
want his name on john boehner's proposal. the approach does not represent the simpson-bowles plan. i took the mid point of the public offers to demonstrate where i thought a deal could be reached at that time and says times have changed since then and it is up to negotiators to find out where the mid point is today. it is no longer operative apparently. >>> getting back to potential cliffedend. you saw a big bet on microsoft today. >> great news for dell and should be good news...
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why john boehner's plan may go nowhere. plus the first of our fierce competitor specials pitting two big retailers against each other in a battle for your holiday dollars. and 109 years ago today, wilbur and orville wright took flight and we see how big their dream has become. >> trading higher at the last full day -- excuse me, trading week of the year. grinding quietly higher and fairly light trade. here are your interesting fact. seven up days, five down days for both the dow and s&p, the last 12 mondays before the december triple witching. as for the nasdaq, a look at apple. broke below 500 bucks this morn ppg more of that on street talk. but do watch for any close below $500 a share. let's get straight down to the floor of the stock exchange and find out, what is leading this bounce today? what caused it? >> i've had one theme today and it is a simple one. no deal is now off the table. there were fears nothing would happen. we know some kind of deal will occur and we can see it converging. be careful here, mandy. remem
why john boehner's plan may go nowhere. plus the first of our fierce competitor specials pitting two big retailers against each other in a battle for your holiday dollars. and 109 years ago today, wilbur and orville wright took flight and we see how big their dream has become. >> trading higher at the last full day -- excuse me, trading week of the year. grinding quietly higher and fairly light trade. here are your interesting fact. seven up days, five down days for both the dow and...
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what did john boehner say yesterday? was he signaling a deal, was he opening the door or is the door still slammed shut for these two parties to reach an agreement before year end? >> after having watched the white house and republicans in congress bludgeon each other to death for the last two years on the deficit, yesterday the whous said they wanted to work with the republicans, they didn't draw a line in the sand. and speaker boehner had much the same thing to say. he said he wants on to get a deal. i think both the white house and republicans are looking for a way out of this at this point and they can't cave immediately. there will probably be points where it look tsz like the wheels have come off, but i think the initial rhetoric was all positive. they're looking to reach out and cut some sort of deal and talks have already begun. >> you singled out two important phrases, one being new revenue and the other being reform. again, do these signal the gop is moving towards some sort of agreement with obama and what are
what did john boehner say yesterday? was he signaling a deal, was he opening the door or is the door still slammed shut for these two parties to reach an agreement before year end? >> after having watched the white house and republicans in congress bludgeon each other to death for the last two years on the deficit, yesterday the whous said they wanted to work with the republicans, they didn't draw a line in the sand. and speaker boehner had much the same thing to say. he said he wants on...
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listen tohouse speaker boehner over whether they can reach a deal with president obama. >> i'm not confident at all. the house has done its job on the sequester and looming tax hikes that will cost our economy some 700,000 jobs. the senate at some point has to act. on both of these, where's the president? where's this leadership? absent without leave. >> moody's today warned the fiscal cliff could cause another credit down grade. investors shrugged it off. the dow closed up 69 points, a 4 1/2 year high. with us to talk about the credit down grade and failed obama leadership we welcome back tom coburn and mr. rice and famed investor jim rogers sorts out the market for us. as america honors 9/11, armed lo hooligan hooligans tear down the american flag as president obama is accused of snub ibing netanyahu from israel as the crisis deepens. >>> we welcome former white house chief of staff, andy card. we begin tonight with the biggest ripoff perpetrated on the american people. the chicago teacher's union strike over outrageous demands by the union. today, they and their leftist students pickketed
listen tohouse speaker boehner over whether they can reach a deal with president obama. >> i'm not confident at all. the house has done its job on the sequester and looming tax hikes that will cost our economy some 700,000 jobs. the senate at some point has to act. on both of these, where's the president? where's this leadership? absent without leave. >> moody's today warned the fiscal cliff could cause another credit down grade. investors shrugged it off. the dow closed up 69...
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free and buy your own insurance and set up a tax savings account, and paul ryan and people like john boehner, they can then propose specific legislation that a democratic senate would have the deal with and if it were a republican senate, they would pass it and president obama would have to veto it, setting up the issue for the presidential election, which this is a two, three-year issue, and the most he can do with a republican house and senate is to propose meaningful alternatives that really reform health care. and the president would be in a position to veto it, and then you run the presidential campaign on this. this is enormously important for the future. >> you talk to ceos all of the time, and what do they say? they have to add money to the add the people on and the transition taxes that individuals will face that as well. >> individuals will face it on the dividend income, and the interest income, and people on fixed incomes will face it, and retired people will be hit by it tremendously, because they are not getting other income, but hit with a 2. 8% tax on that one, but i am confu
free and buy your own insurance and set up a tax savings account, and paul ryan and people like john boehner, they can then propose specific legislation that a democratic senate would have the deal with and if it were a republican senate, they would pass it and president obama would have to veto it, setting up the issue for the presidential election, which this is a two, three-year issue, and the most he can do with a republican house and senate is to propose meaningful alternatives that really...
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earlier i spoke with the former speaker of the house, john boehner. he has a book out called "it's on the house" about his time in washington and the direction of the republican party mr. speaker, thank you it's good to see you again there's a common narrative these days that the republican party is completely divided. is that an overreaction? >> well, i don't know about completely divided but there certainly is a divide in the party you've got what i'll call the trump loyalists, then you have more traditional republicans and i guess some members are both so it's a bit of a problem democrats have the same problem between traditional democrats and the left-wing progressives and so it's kind of a feature of a modern-day politics when you have essentially a two-party system. >> in your recent book you wrote that former president trump, as you put it, and i'm quoting, incited that bloody insurrection for nothing more than selfish reasons, referring obviously to the insurrection on january the 6th. not enough republican senators, mr. speaker, as you're wel
earlier i spoke with the former speaker of the house, john boehner. he has a book out called "it's on the house" about his time in washington and the direction of the republican party mr. speaker, thank you it's good to see you again there's a common narrative these days that the republican party is completely divided. is that an overreaction? >> well, i don't know about completely divided but there certainly is a divide in the party you've got what i'll call the trump...
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it details the failed debt talks between the president and speaker john boehner. it details that there was tension between you and mr. boehner that, you did not agree with the direction he was going with the president, which was a deal that included tax increases. does the book paint an accurate picture? >> you know, john boehner and i saw eye to eye on the fact that we don't think increasing taxes, especially in an economy like this, helps job creation. somehow it helps our economy and the confidence level. we never differed on that point at all. it was the president who continued to insist that the only way to go forward was to raise taxes. again, i think that, you know, the budgeteers will tell you, you can't tax your way out of the problem, as i said earlier. the real focus should be on curing the spending problem in washington. that means we've got to deal with the entitlement situation. we have to deal with health care entitlements in order to manage down the debt. that is the first and foremost we've got to do, otherwise you're throwing money into a hole as
it details the failed debt talks between the president and speaker john boehner. it details that there was tension between you and mr. boehner that, you did not agree with the direction he was going with the president, which was a deal that included tax increases. does the book paint an accurate picture? >> you know, john boehner and i saw eye to eye on the fact that we don't think increasing taxes, especially in an economy like this, helps job creation. somehow it helps our economy and...
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rule. >> that's the boehner rule. he has been very consistent that he's going to stand by that rule. >> jimmy williams, the democrats don't want to cut anything. they'll oppose the sequester spending limits and they wouldn't even have a measly cost of living adjustment. so sarah may be right on this. the republicans are in the driver's seat. >> listen, i think both sides are in the driver's seat. the question is which one is going to blink first? sarah said something interesting, boehner is in it until the last day. what happens on the last day? i will be very interested if whether or not the speaker, but more importantly mitch mcconnell actually comes in and swoops in and does exactly what he did last time which is broker a deal with the white house. >> doing harry reid's job for him. >> not that he's doing harry reid's job for him. >> yes, it is. >> you can look at it that way. >> he's been doing reid's job. >> i don't. i look at mcconnell being the minority leader and as he a hell of a lot of power. so mitch mcconn
rule. >> that's the boehner rule. he has been very consistent that he's going to stand by that rule. >> jimmy williams, the democrats don't want to cut anything. they'll oppose the sequester spending limits and they wouldn't even have a measly cost of living adjustment. so sarah may be right on this. the republicans are in the driver's seat. >> listen, i think both sides are in the driver's seat. the question is which one is going to blink first? sarah said something...
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house speaker john boehner announcing that he will resign from congress at the end of the october. and we're here to talk more about that is our friend larry kudlow and john harwood. john, how big a surprise was this? mr. boehner said he wasn't pushed, number one. he said it wasn't a question of him having had enough. what do you think? >> it's a big surprise to me. i think he had had enough, and he indicated at his press conference that he had planned to retire at the end of 2014. you know this, was a recurrent question that i and others put to the speaker's aides over the last several years as he was grappling with an unruly caucus including a cadre of members who had unrealistic expect tagsesat what he could actually accomplish, whether he might try to walk away and get a few things done before he left. they all said, no, no, he's not going that. he said, yes, i was going to do that at the end of 2014 but i didn't step down because eric cantor was defeated and i thought the house needed stabili stability. th
house speaker john boehner announcing that he will resign from congress at the end of the october. and we're here to talk more about that is our friend larry kudlow and john harwood. john, how big a surprise was this? mr. boehner said he wasn't pushed, number one. he said it wasn't a question of him having had enough. what do you think? >> it's a big surprise to me. i think he had had enough, and he indicated at his press conference that he had planned to retire at the end of 2014. you...
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i think john boehner can do it. if he comes to grips with the fact that he's going to have to take less than 218 in his party. in other words less than majority of majority. work with the president, work with democrats in the house of representatives, and in the united states, and get this done. we've had election. majority still is in the senate. newt gingrich said some years ago in 1998, perfectionist caucus, meaning his republican hard liners, and the american people elected democratic president, in that case bill clinton, democrats and republicans in the senate who don't agree and the american people expect us to make this government work. they still expect that and i think john boehner has now demonstrated in his own party that the only way he can do it, the only way we can do it is in a bipartisan basis. >> what do you think he's going to say at 10:00? any idea? >> i have no idea. i have last night he said, well, now the responsibility son somebody else. that's not true. he's still the speaker of the house, an
i think john boehner can do it. if he comes to grips with the fact that he's going to have to take less than 218 in his party. in other words less than majority of majority. work with the president, work with democrats in the house of representatives, and in the united states, and get this done. we've had election. majority still is in the senate. newt gingrich said some years ago in 1998, perfectionist caucus, meaning his republican hard liners, and the american people elected democratic...
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speaker boehner set to speak any moment. we'll take you there live. >>> first, chief washington correspondent, john harwood, for more on the reaction in washington, d.c. is it seen as the president using last night to campaign or actually talk about policy that could get through? >> reporter: mostly the former. the president trying to shape an argument republicans didn't care for the speech at all. said it was a partisan speech. democrats thrilled by it. paul ryan was muted in his react to it. he praised some aspects of the president's speech and gave a signal that he at least, wanted to have a conversation about some of the tax issues the president put on the table. this congress is not going to pass the capital gains tax increase the president talked about, but i think paul ryan is trying to show that he wants to govern he wants to try to see what sort of tax reform possibilities there are, corporate tax reform is something the two sides have agreed on. so there was a divergence in attitude between some members and some of
speaker boehner set to speak any moment. we'll take you there live. >>> first, chief washington correspondent, john harwood, for more on the reaction in washington, d.c. is it seen as the president using last night to campaign or actually talk about policy that could get through? >> reporter: mostly the former. the president trying to shape an argument republicans didn't care for the speech at all. said it was a partisan speech. democrats thrilled by it. paul ryan was muted in...
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perhaps the market is listening to the fact that you've got boehner speaking today. you have obama speaking today, and the pressure seems to be ramped up to get something done, at least to appease the markets. >> unfortunately we have all this uncertainly, until we get some sort of clarification, who knows what, but i think unfortunately you have to -- to pete et cetera point it is a trading environment. we're not necessarily short-term traders, but we are looking for opportunities in those themes that have been working, so housing, for example, we are looking to buy something back like a weyerhaeuser. i think there's a lot of names there. maybe some of the industries. >>> the psychology behind the move you think that we're seeing why is the market up? >> i think people are examining what he said and looking back at boehner's statement, so maybe they do agree to put taxes on the table, the republicans. i'm going to disagree, i don't think this is a trade market, i think it's a low exposure market, where you have plenty of cash and an investing market. you just can't
perhaps the market is listening to the fact that you've got boehner speaking today. you have obama speaking today, and the pressure seems to be ramped up to get something done, at least to appease the markets. >> unfortunately we have all this uncertainly, until we get some sort of clarification, who knows what, but i think unfortunately you have to -- to pete et cetera point it is a trading environment. we're not necessarily short-term traders, but we are looking for opportunities in...
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he's spoken both to harry reid, the leader of the senate and speaker boehner. basically, the white house has told local and state authorities that they're willing to deploy any add min strags resources. diane finestein just put out a statement a few moments ago saying we know this is a terist incident, but we don't know if it's foreign or home grown. and i think that's about as far as anyone can be kft of at this moment when you look at that video. everybody is being cautious about saying anything with a lot of confidence. >> and, john, we know that the president has spoken to the leadership in boston. want can you tell us in terms of those conversations? >> well, simply that he has told governor patrick, mayor menino and others that all of the resources of federal authorities will be put behind their efforts to figure out what happened and also to treat those who have been injured and killed to try to deal with the aftermath of this and prevent any occurrence of this. we know there was a third explosive device that was found and detonated by security officials
he's spoken both to harry reid, the leader of the senate and speaker boehner. basically, the white house has told local and state authorities that they're willing to deploy any add min strags resources. diane finestein just put out a statement a few moments ago saying we know this is a terist incident, but we don't know if it's foreign or home grown. and i think that's about as far as anyone can be kft of at this moment when you look at that video. everybody is being cautious about saying...
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pot selling politicians if they win their elections what does it do for the movement >> you have john boehner, the former speaker of the house, who is now a member at acreage holdings, the former prime minister of canada also a board member there so it is incredible. right now about two out of three americans now support it that's weighing heavily. you mentioned jeff sessions but there's another race in texas, the other sessions he's actually in a really embattled house congressional district, pete sessions, and he's blocked a ton of marijuana reform bills in congress, so that could be a key vote people are also looking at a number of house races going back to those ballot initiatives, michigan, i know vivien was mentioning this, one a lot of companies especially are looking at that would be the first state in the midwest to legalize medical marijuana and it would be important in terms of the cross border traffic when you think of the implications of that being a tipping point in the region huge implications there >> at first it was california, colorado, washington state but now use utah gran
pot selling politicians if they win their elections what does it do for the movement >> you have john boehner, the former speaker of the house, who is now a member at acreage holdings, the former prime minister of canada also a board member there so it is incredible. right now about two out of three americans now support it that's weighing heavily. you mentioned jeff sessions but there's another race in texas, the other sessions he's actually in a really embattled house congressional...
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we've seen recently from john boehner and certainly from harry reid this morning. these guys might as well be on other planets about how to solve the medium term debt and deficit problem in the united states. i don't see now, yesterday, tomorrow how they're going to solve this in a month. again, the most important point here -- and i can't overstate this enough -- the president campaigned on a single issue of raising taxes, the top marginal tax rate. he literally didn't talk about anything else. he gets to go to john boehner and say i campaigned on raising taxes and won. >> but keith, do they need to solve it in four weeks? because yield can be kicked down the road. what about a patch? >> the problem is, of course, both cases changed like how many times, brian, throughout the year? growth is back, earnings are fine and stocks are cheap. fiscal cliff was never an issue and we weren't even talking about china in march. now growth has slowed globally. maybe materially so. earnings are a disaster and stocks aren't cheap if you're using the right numbers. so now the bul
we've seen recently from john boehner and certainly from harry reid this morning. these guys might as well be on other planets about how to solve the medium term debt and deficit problem in the united states. i don't see now, yesterday, tomorrow how they're going to solve this in a month. again, the most important point here -- and i can't overstate this enough -- the president campaigned on a single issue of raising taxes, the top marginal tax rate. he literally didn't talk about anything...
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boehner did not do that. they thought he was too willing to compromise and give in. if you were to take on the role of speaker, how would you go about doing that? would you insist on republicans having their say and having their voice, or would you be willing to compromise in order to get thing passed the senate and signed by the president? >> well, first of all, the last part is an essential part of governing. it is about not compromising on your values, but compromising on how much everybody gets in a process of moving in the right direction. i will take a little issue. the interpretation that the 40 or so members of the freedom caucus are an all or nothing crowd couldn't be more misunderstood. many of the members served as fantastic members, even chairman on the oversight committee for years. they are people who, in fact, simply want to be heard. they want to be recognized that they have good ideas, and they want some of those good ideas included in legislation. that's a long way from take it or leave it.
boehner did not do that. they thought he was too willing to compromise and give in. if you were to take on the role of speaker, how would you go about doing that? would you insist on republicans having their say and having their voice, or would you be willing to compromise in order to get thing passed the senate and signed by the president? >> well, first of all, the last part is an essential part of governing. it is about not compromising on your values, but compromising on how much...
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john boehner is quitting congress. here's what he had to say about his party in an interview yesterday. >> it's not about hail mary passes. it's the woody hayes school of football. three yards and a cloud of dust. three yards and a cloud of dust. it's a slow, methodical process. >> joining us this morning is former house majority leader eric canton. and in an opinion piece in "the new york times" he writes he agree with agrees with speaker boehner. eric cantor is currently on the hill. >> i was stunned when i heard the news. there is a lot of discussion, a lot of chatter, a lot of anxiousness in washington. >> people say this was an act of him putting the institution before him. i look at this and say, this is what i would do. i would say, forget it. you think this is an easy job wrangling these guys. it has to be a huge task. >> it was in classic john boehner style. he has always been a very devout catholic and for 20 years had been wanting the pope to address congress. as he said in that interview, he woke up one mor
john boehner is quitting congress. here's what he had to say about his party in an interview yesterday. >> it's not about hail mary passes. it's the woody hayes school of football. three yards and a cloud of dust. three yards and a cloud of dust. it's a slow, methodical process. >> joining us this morning is former house majority leader eric canton. and in an opinion piece in "the new york times" he writes he agree with agrees with speaker boehner. eric cantor is currently...
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boehner made it specific. he said substantial cuts to entitlements. i think that is code for obama care. we know there is no way they are opening up obama care or social security. do you think they are going to open up entitlements? >> i think they have to. i think everybody understands that is the only place that you can and must cut and that is the place they probably will cut. call me a cockeyed optimist. i have been down the line several times. this time i think they get it. i think the sherpas are in the background doing their due diligence making certain that the ts are crossed and is are dotted and we will come up with a resolution to this. i can't imagine we will continue to kick it down the road. remember i thought mr. romney was going to win the election. i have been wrong in the past and i can be wrong again. >> that is a big man to admit that. i am interested in how you are trading this. last week we had the embassies up 3% to 4%. is the optimism to get a deal done priced in? >> there is a good deal priced in. i was impressed the market ca
boehner made it specific. he said substantial cuts to entitlements. i think that is code for obama care. we know there is no way they are opening up obama care or social security. do you think they are going to open up entitlements? >> i think they have to. i think everybody understands that is the only place that you can and must cut and that is the place they probably will cut. call me a cockeyed optimist. i have been down the line several times. this time i think they get it. i think...
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he's going to go out on the campaign trail and start trashing john boehner again. should they just appoint bill clinton as negotiator in chief? >> of course. you couldn't bring a better guy out of the bullpen. he'd solve it in a week. but there's a lot of ego involved there and i don't know if he'd let him be the victor there. it wouldn't look good for obama. if he he could teach obama to cut government spending as he did, cut tax, capital gains -- >> welfare reform. maggie haberman, i want you to weigh in. i'm giving you a big scoop here. obama is going to nominate bill clinton for being negotiator in chief for all these complex entitlement reforms, tax sequester, and oh, my gosh -- what do you think of the possibilities of that, maggie? >> i am not feeling it. which is not to say there is not some logic or people don't see some logic in what you're suggesting. but i'm just not seeing that happening. i don't think that president obama wants his second term to turn into bill clinton's third term. and that's essentially what it would be. >> are you interested in it?
he's going to go out on the campaign trail and start trashing john boehner again. should they just appoint bill clinton as negotiator in chief? >> of course. you couldn't bring a better guy out of the bullpen. he'd solve it in a week. but there's a lot of ego involved there and i don't know if he'd let him be the victor there. it wouldn't look good for obama. if he he could teach obama to cut government spending as he did, cut tax, capital gains -- >> welfare reform. maggie...
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the president didn't offer any specific thing along the lines what have we heard from john boehner last week, okay, we're there on reven on the table, we'll meet you there. i didn't hear any specific -- >> don't we already have a structure? wasn't that erskine-bowles? it is another committee. >> it is a step back i think from the idea of a deal right now that would trade entitlement reform for tax increases. it sounds to me like it's tax increases for the wealthy in return for a commitment to discuss entitlement reform. >> what you did hear from the president is a statement that the american people knew what they were get what they re-elected me. he also said there is a big contrast between me and mitt romney on the campaign trail and i'm the guy who won the election. >> as one of our smart viewers tweeted in which i thought was so smart -- it's all fun and games until you have to name specific entitlements you want to cut. right? we need more specifics from both sides. all right, going to a break here but after the break, steve leisman, stick around. we also have something today called
the president didn't offer any specific thing along the lines what have we heard from john boehner last week, okay, we're there on reven on the table, we'll meet you there. i didn't hear any specific -- >> don't we already have a structure? wasn't that erskine-bowles? it is another committee. >> it is a step back i think from the idea of a deal right now that would trade entitlement reform for tax increases. it sounds to me like it's tax increases for the wealthy in return for a...
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john boehner has indicated he won't let the country go into default. how you get there is the question. i would expect posturing, no substantive negotiations. today in gridlock we could call it. president obama at the white house is in private meetings. there are no public statements for him scheduled. that could change of course. john boehner meeting with republican leaders to try to figure out who to get out of this box and harry reed at 10:30 will give some remarks on the floor. a senate leadership aide said there is nothing going on right now, no movement. this aide was saying the only way this ends is with the speaker conceding on passing a clean c.r. to reopen the government and raising the debt ceiling and pointed out that john boehner had been asking all summer before he was steamrolled by the tea party faction wanting to delay/defund obama care, which was something boehner was ever holding out for, that boehner had lobbied for a two-month extension that democrats have now proposed at the spending levels democrats have proposed. the point of th
john boehner has indicated he won't let the country go into default. how you get there is the question. i would expect posturing, no substantive negotiations. today in gridlock we could call it. president obama at the white house is in private meetings. there are no public statements for him scheduled. that could change of course. john boehner meeting with republican leaders to try to figure out who to get out of this box and harry reed at 10:30 will give some remarks on the floor. a senate...
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boehner spoke, you see what happened to stocks, but here's what you won't see on the next chart, won't see the same thing happening in the ten-year note rate. at 10:00 eastern the ism rate is up but haven't come down, haven't intersected the range we had before that data, so once again not symmetric response. seems to be more upside horsepower than downside horsepower. look at the dollar/yen. dollar gave up a lot of ground over the last two hours but if you open up the dollar index chart, still hovering at the best levels in about a month. sue, back to you. >> have to take the longer term view of that, you're right, ricky. thank you very much. >>> verizon and vodafone strike a huge deal. kayla tausche has that coming up next. >> the biggest winner in all of this deal, vodafone shareholders. will this change the way investors look at deals? if you look at shares of verd vodafone, up by 2%. more coming up on "power lunch" in a moment. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] some things are designed to draw crowds. ♪ ♪ others are designed to leave them behind. ♪ the all-new 2014 lexus is. it's y
boehner spoke, you see what happened to stocks, but here's what you won't see on the next chart, won't see the same thing happening in the ten-year note rate. at 10:00 eastern the ism rate is up but haven't come down, haven't intersected the range we had before that data, so once again not symmetric response. seems to be more upside horsepower than downside horsepower. look at the dollar/yen. dollar gave up a lot of ground over the last two hours but if you open up the dollar index chart, still...
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boehner was at zero, now at a million. we can find a compromise somewhere in between. >> tell the people they've got to start complaining about that a little bit more. both sides need to be complaining a lot. right now, i'm hearing more complaining from boehner's side and makes me think you're putting one over on him. we need more complaining and get together and they have to really be complaining for us to think the deal is going to come together. can you do that? >> look, i've been very critical of the positions up to now on $250,000. >> i know. you're in new york, congressman, you know. >> i get complaints but we need compromise. we're ready to compromise, the president has shown compromise. we need somebody to compromise with and something to compromise over. >> i want to emphasize something i said earlier, we are within spitting distance of a transaction. it might not be $4 trillion but it's pretty close depending what numbers you add up. what we should be doing, i'm part of the fix the debt group in addition to folks
boehner was at zero, now at a million. we can find a compromise somewhere in between. >> tell the people they've got to start complaining about that a little bit more. both sides need to be complaining a lot. right now, i'm hearing more complaining from boehner's side and makes me think you're putting one over on him. we need more complaining and get together and they have to really be complaining for us to think the deal is going to come together. can you do that? >> look, i've...
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boehner come up, short the s & p. said listen, my advice to you you shouldn't talk there is no deal the other 99%, should say guys, short the s & p. president comes on, short am, right? isn't this what happens? what is playing out. every time one of the guys comes on acre the market goes down. hey, memo to speaker boehner and president obama, could you give us a couple days off so we can actually trade here? >> two straight days of gapes, the s and p fell the most in five weeks in yesterday's session. not like we have been saying the markets want to drift higher, immune to the headlines, at the end of the day you watching this extremely closely in terms of the developments, will we reach that deal, 11 days and counting? >> people pointing to claims this morning, these very co-incident indicators, if there's no deal, you will see claims fight in a hurry, as businesses start to prep for what will -- what we can anticipate will be a back lack of demand. >> couple that with ex-spir rakes of the payroll tax cut, a lot of c
boehner come up, short the s & p. said listen, my advice to you you shouldn't talk there is no deal the other 99%, should say guys, short the s & p. president comes on, short am, right? isn't this what happens? what is playing out. every time one of the guys comes on acre the market goes down. hey, memo to speaker boehner and president obama, could you give us a couple days off so we can actually trade here? >> two straight days of gapes, the s and p fell the most in five weeks in...
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when i met him in his office, i gave speak eer boehner copies o my books. i said, you don't have to read these, but display them prominently somewhere in your office and he did promise me that and so you can obviously see they're right there on his desk. and they have a great view of the capitol, those two books, so, i'm very grateful to him. >> must-read books. you notice there was a box of tissues there, which leads me to leave after reading, he just -- >> guy, the scented candle. i recommend to readers they use the scented candle that's on his desk to read the book. >> in a hot tub. >> that's almost too much to imagine, anthony. >> yeecreepy as can be. >> good to see you, anthony. you guys -- >> i didn't bring -- i brought up tissues. >> and the hot tub. >> scented candles? >> let's just leave it. >> my fault. always my fault. >> always. >>> when to cult your losses and cash in your winnings. a round of hold 'em or fold 'em is on your way. more "fast" straight ahead. >>> sometimes it is tough to buy the losers and sell the winners. so, let's play a littl
when i met him in his office, i gave speak eer boehner copies o my books. i said, you don't have to read these, but display them prominently somewhere in your office and he did promise me that and so you can obviously see they're right there on his desk. and they have a great view of the capitol, those two books, so, i'm very grateful to him. >> must-read books. you notice there was a box of tissues there, which leads me to leave after reading, he just -- >> guy, the scented candle....
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at the end of the day, the markets, though, today put in a tremendous rally after the boehner comments, which said there's been no significant progress. in fact, i thought that we saw markets really try to put a lot of this to the side. the problem here, or the complication, is what we're talking about with "the wall street journal". we're getting these leakages. it's almost like blue horseshoe is really the messenger again. >> which is a wall street reference. >> i'm making a wall street movie reference because people are basically leaking information to the journal, which people have to speculate on. in fact, the markets are rallying off of this. this is dangerous. >> yeah, this is the first formal offer, by the way, from the white house. this could be the basis from which democrats and republicans come together and actually discuss and see what they're willing to give on. >> yeah, you got to believe they're not leading with their best offer. in terms of the mark, though, look at where we traded down to yesterday in the s&p. got down to 1384, 85, give or take. we talked about 1389 be
at the end of the day, the markets, though, today put in a tremendous rally after the boehner comments, which said there's been no significant progress. in fact, i thought that we saw markets really try to put a lot of this to the side. the problem here, or the complication, is what we're talking about with "the wall street journal". we're getting these leakages. it's almost like blue horseshoe is really the messenger again. >> which is a wall street reference. >> i'm...
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let's hear from house speaker boehner. let's not do that. is john harwood available? a lot of people carl talking about the politicization of the security of israel. and i think one-fifth of democrats were planning not to attend today. it is obviously extremely controversial. >> interesting take this morning, looking at the precedent for this kind of thing. other world leaders that have addressed congress in the past, boris yeltsin, nelson mandela, cora zone aquino margaret thatcher. it's not like this has never happened before but this is obviously comes wrapped in a bunch of political enigmas. john, your thoughts on this as we watch the prime minister begin to enter the room? >> reporter: i think, carl it's a dramatic moment. talking about a situation where israel is a staunch ally of the united states the united states was the first country recognize the state of israel when it was created after world war ii 11 minutes after it declared independence bipartisan support and yet a situation just before his election the israeli prime minister is coming at the invitatio
let's hear from house speaker boehner. let's not do that. is john harwood available? a lot of people carl talking about the politicization of the security of israel. and i think one-fifth of democrats were planning not to attend today. it is obviously extremely controversial. >> interesting take this morning, looking at the precedent for this kind of thing. other world leaders that have addressed congress in the past, boris yeltsin, nelson mandela, cora zone aquino margaret thatcher. it's...
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boehner. but in the end, i don't think anybody so this day takes those fiscal conservatives as seriously as they better take them. in today's op-ed by mr. reynolds of putnam, was also disappointing. i mean i just don't think you can sequate the idea that peopl have certain beliefs. and just because you send a representative there that doesn't agree with other's beliefs, this isn't the electorate as being mean. they just want what they want. >> rick santelli, scott nation, thank you. >> merry christmas, joe. >> merry christmas. >> thanks a lot. >> merry christmas andrew ross. >> happy holidays, guys. >> you, too. >> and coming up, andrew? >> coming up, italian prime minister mario monti stepping down to set up the february elections. could he win another term? could silvio berlusconi mount a serious challenge? that's the story. and share som. or you can get out there and actually share something. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on. this is the pursuit offection. >>> welcome ba
boehner. but in the end, i don't think anybody so this day takes those fiscal conservatives as seriously as they better take them. in today's op-ed by mr. reynolds of putnam, was also disappointing. i mean i just don't think you can sequate the idea that peopl have certain beliefs. and just because you send a representative there that doesn't agree with other's beliefs, this isn't the electorate as being mean. they just want what they want. >> rick santelli, scott nation, thank you....
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john boehner liked sahil kapur, nbc news political analyst, john boehner liked to say a leader without followers is simply a man taking a walk does senator mcconnell have any sway here? what's his role? >> reporter: shep, senator mcconnell has a lot of sway over this caucus which he has led for 14 years he doesn't appear interested in using it on this issue it's a bit of a different situation from the first impeachment trial of trump last year where he kind of coached republicans to vote to acquit him, basically predicted that the whole project was dead on arrival. he has not done that this time he appears to be willing to stand back, listen to the arguments on both ends himself and let members vote how they please the sources i'm talking to on the republican side say mcconnell is critical to any hope for getting 17 republicans for conviction the fact he hasn't come out means a lot of republicans won't feel the political cover to take that extraordinary ste to convict a president of their own party. >> i'm sorry if democrats cannot get a conviction, sawhill, are they arguing for the co
john boehner liked sahil kapur, nbc news political analyst, john boehner liked to say a leader without followers is simply a man taking a walk does senator mcconnell have any sway here? what's his role? >> reporter: shep, senator mcconnell has a lot of sway over this caucus which he has led for 14 years he doesn't appear interested in using it on this issue it's a bit of a different situation from the first impeachment trial of trump last year where he kind of coached republicans to vote...
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i guess the lead, obviously, we would be talking about boehner, too, at some point, john. do you have comments on the gun control issue? >> well, i think you saw in the president's address last night, a politician who had been deeply impacted by what happened, like the entire country has been impacted. and i think it is changing the calculus, the way he looks at political risk on this issue. democrats, as you know, joe, for some time has shied away from pushing gun control out of the believe that it is a loser for them politically. republicans have done well when democrats tried to push the gun control bill. there is a broad swath of public opinion that favors things like bans on assault weapons and high volume magazine clips for weapons. i think the president is saying -- when he said on friday, even, before the speech last evening, he said that despite the political risk, we need to do something. i think that was him talking to himself and to other democrats to say, you know what? we cannot turn away from this issue. he also mentioneder issues, as well. he mentioned doin
i guess the lead, obviously, we would be talking about boehner, too, at some point, john. do you have comments on the gun control issue? >> well, i think you saw in the president's address last night, a politician who had been deeply impacted by what happened, like the entire country has been impacted. and i think it is changing the calculus, the way he looks at political risk on this issue. democrats, as you know, joe, for some time has shied away from pushing gun control out of the...
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house speaker john boehner is reportedly ready to make a deal. i thought he wrote a sensational article about this. he will explain his argument next up on the kudlow report. across the country has brought me to the lovely city of boston. cheers. and seeing as it's such a historic city, i'm sure they'll appreciate that geico's been saving people money for over 75 years. oh... dear, i've dropped my tea into the boston harbor. huhh... i guess this party's over. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient's record before we even picked him up. it found out the doctor we needed was at st. anne's. wiggle your toes. [ driver ] and it got his okay on treatment from miles away. it even pulled strings with the stoplights. my ambulance talks with smoke alarms and pilots and stadiums. but, of course, it's a good listener too. [ female announcer ] today cisco is connecting the internet of everything. so everything works like never before. >>> they account for nearly 20% o
house speaker john boehner is reportedly ready to make a deal. i thought he wrote a sensational article about this. he will explain his argument next up on the kudlow report. across the country has brought me to the lovely city of boston. cheers. and seeing as it's such a historic city, i'm sure they'll appreciate that geico's been saving people money for over 75 years. oh... dear, i've dropped my tea into the boston harbor. huhh... i guess this party's over. geico. fifteen minutes could save...
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said boehner, why did byner -- they were so close, only a couple hundred billion apart, why did boehner walk away? wasn't there an insistence that you do two years for the debt ceiling that they didn't waiver on? >> yeah, there are a couple of elements that boehner didn't like in what the president was proposing. one was the semipermanent or multiyear debt ceiling deal, which he thought gave up too much control from congress. and then the other one was, they didn't think that all the spending cuts that the president was proposing were, in fact, real. they thought that the president was proposing savings from spending on interest that you wouldn't have to make if you brought down the deficit a little bit. they thought that shouldn't count under the limit, and that was a couple hundred billion dollars there. >> but the two-year thing was probably a nonstarter because, you know, we're going to talk to john cannis in a second because i sort of thought all along that if we went over the cliff it was good for the president, because he gets tax rates back to where he wants them, without negoti
said boehner, why did byner -- they were so close, only a couple hundred billion apart, why did boehner walk away? wasn't there an insistence that you do two years for the debt ceiling that they didn't waiver on? >> yeah, there are a couple of elements that boehner didn't like in what the president was proposing. one was the semipermanent or multiyear debt ceiling deal, which he thought gave up too much control from congress. and then the other one was, they didn't think that all the...
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the reason john boehner asked for the individual mandate to be delayed, like the employer mandate, is because that's the absolute linchpin of the law. that's also the reason why president obama and his team cannot agree to delay that. and yesterday i talked to todd park, who is the chief technology officer of the administration. he said those healthcare exchanges where individuals will buy the coverage if they can't get it from their employers will be up and running october 1st. no delay on that, according to the administration. we will see, bill. >> yes, we will see. a lot of questions to be answered. john harwood, thank you very much. see you later. so you haven't heard of fat burger? >> i've heard of them. just haven't had -- >> yeah, they're based on the west coast. when i go to california, i see them. i haven't stopped, i'm sorry. the ceo is joining us. it's a company that already has taken steps to beat the cost of the new healthcare law, and the ceo who will join us says the president's delay of the employer mandate came too late for him. so let's talk about this with the ceo o
the reason john boehner asked for the individual mandate to be delayed, like the employer mandate, is because that's the absolute linchpin of the law. that's also the reason why president obama and his team cannot agree to delay that. and yesterday i talked to todd park, who is the chief technology officer of the administration. he said those healthcare exchanges where individuals will buy the coverage if they can't get it from their employers will be up and running october 1st. no delay on...
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. >> as speaker boehner said, former altar boy himself, this is big stuff. he teared up behind the electric turn. >> if you thought the president's backyard was crowded yesterday, that is a crowd of a different magnitude. 30,000 people, and an incredible image right there. >> we are getting ripple effects from volkswagen's scandal continuing today. phil lebeau in chicago has more on that. >> the scandal rose at volkswagen, and now it involves the vw being accused of manipulating diesel engines in europe. here's the latest regard this scandal. the transport minister for germany says that volkswagen has admitted to the transportation ministry in germany that it is rigging engines in europe. meanwhile, vw is planning to name those responsible for what's been happening not only here in the united states, but potentially also in europe. that's expected to happen tomorrow. also, tomorrow there will be a board meeting, and we can tell you that it is expected that at that meeting vw of america's ceo michael horn is expected to be announcing -- they are expected to a
. >> as speaker boehner said, former altar boy himself, this is big stuff. he teared up behind the electric turn. >> if you thought the president's backyard was crowded yesterday, that is a crowd of a different magnitude. 30,000 people, and an incredible image right there. >> we are getting ripple effects from volkswagen's scandal continuing today. phil lebeau in chicago has more on that. >> the scandal rose at volkswagen, and now it involves the vw being accused of...
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. >> what kind of hand does john boehner have? where sg it leave him and his ability to control the tea party wing? >> it actually puts skron boehner in a good position because during the debt ceiling talks last year, he had a lot of push back from the very far right of his party in the house. the tea party caucus, for example. this time around we won't see the same dynamic at all because the tea party caucus and far right have lost a lot of political capital in light of the election. so what we've already seen is speaker boehner talking to republicans in the house, putting his foot down early and saying we're not going to have that same push back we saw. instead, i'm going to tell you what we're going to do and what this deal is going to look like and you'll fall into line. >> he got criticism because he negotiated a deal and then went back and tried to sell to the party. does he naed to do he need to d way around, get a set position and then go into discussions? >> i think that is the thinking this time around. and he has certai
. >> what kind of hand does john boehner have? where sg it leave him and his ability to control the tea party wing? >> it actually puts skron boehner in a good position because during the debt ceiling talks last year, he had a lot of push back from the very far right of his party in the house. the tea party caucus, for example. this time around we won't see the same dynamic at all because the tea party caucus and far right have lost a lot of political capital in light of the...
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boehner w was -- speaker boehner was doing the dirty work they were unable to do. >> i know you aren't watching the markets closely. would it alter the calculus at all? does it mean we get a framework in 24 hours if we lost a lot? >> caller: yes. i think the tragedy of what we're failing to do in congress we should do it on our own because it's our responsibility. the only way it looks like we do some of these things is after we get pistol whipped by the market. with the debt ceiling last august that was essentially what is about to happen. i think the market is going to punish us for our failure to act and may be the only thing that gets us to act. >> finally, have you been to a starbucks lately? putting comments on coffee cups to get you guys put a deal together. >> caller: i'm in vermont and we are deficifferent coffee folks earl' earl's. >> a way to make a deal on the cliff, already ordering his grande cliff special to see for himsel himself. >> how are you doing, carl. we are 10 minutes from the white house and some of the more prominent washington d.c. think tanks are close by. a
boehner w was -- speaker boehner was doing the dirty work they were unable to do. >> i know you aren't watching the markets closely. would it alter the calculus at all? does it mean we get a framework in 24 hours if we lost a lot? >> caller: yes. i think the tragedy of what we're failing to do in congress we should do it on our own because it's our responsibility. the only way it looks like we do some of these things is after we get pistol whipped by the market. with the debt...
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i've interviewed speaker boehner on this. we did release a bite one part that we're previewing is he did call the issue of african-americans and the distrust with police officers and vice versa here a national crisis that needs to be addressed. and that's, i think, some -- look, words matter when it comes from our political leaders. it's obviously the solution and where to go from here i think is,s you know division is very different. but acknowledging that this is now a crisis situation i think does matter when it comes to the speaker's words. as for governor o'malley, he wants to in part defend his tenure as baltimore mayor and discuss why he did the things that he did. baltimore had a very high crime rate at a time when the rest of the country's crime rate was falling when he took over. the question is were his methods effective? they brought down the crime rate but some will argue, did it actually plant the seeds for some of the problems we're experiencing today? that's up for debate. >> let me bring walter isaacson in he
i've interviewed speaker boehner on this. we did release a bite one part that we're previewing is he did call the issue of african-americans and the distrust with police officers and vice versa here a national crisis that needs to be addressed. and that's, i think, some -- look, words matter when it comes from our political leaders. it's obviously the solution and where to go from here i think is,s you know division is very different. but acknowledging that this is now a crisis situation i...
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i think boehner isn't calling obama and obama's not calling boehner. it's stupid because i made the last call, i'm not doing it this time. >> we need reagan. chris matthews is right, look, i hate you but we have to go out for a beer. >> what's the reaction if we get a conversation but the conversation is let's put this off for a couple of weeks, we're going to increase the ceiling, call it a month. is that acceptable, is that less acceptable? >> that shows that there's willing to have bread broken. right now we just kind of feel like, well, there's lot of people who -- there was a great piece in the "washington post" about a congressman yolo from florida. the guy really wants to teach the american people a lesson and the government a lesson. that guy is not going to sit down with president obama but boehner can sit down with president obama. >> you don't think people are saying it's going to create more uncertainty? >> uncertainty, as my colleague david faber did yesterday, when you mention social security, that is uncertainty. there's a great graphic
i think boehner isn't calling obama and obama's not calling boehner. it's stupid because i made the last call, i'm not doing it this time. >> we need reagan. chris matthews is right, look, i hate you but we have to go out for a beer. >> what's the reaction if we get a conversation but the conversation is let's put this off for a couple of weeks, we're going to increase the ceiling, call it a month. is that acceptable, is that less acceptable? >> that shows that there's willing...
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john harwood kicks things off with a visit to speaker boehner's home state of ohio. you're not there yet, are you? where are you going specifically? >> i have been there already. here in washington the fiscal cliff is an abstract policy debate but in the southwest ohio congressional district of john boehner, the house speaker, which i visited last week, a tip back into recession would cause real economic pain. middle town and rest of southwestern ohio is working its way back economically from the long-term loss of manufacturing jobs and troubles in the auto industry. the last thing this area needs now is another economic setback from the fiscal cliff. house speaker boehner and his colleagues in the congressional leadership have sounded conciliatory notes about prospects sounds like good news at the local chamber of commerce at middletown but only up to a point. >> i want to be confident. i want to be optimistic. i think i would rathering reserr be reserved at this point. >> steve has a petroleum distribution business that like ohio's economy is doing well. he's known
john harwood kicks things off with a visit to speaker boehner's home state of ohio. you're not there yet, are you? where are you going specifically? >> i have been there already. here in washington the fiscal cliff is an abstract policy debate but in the southwest ohio congressional district of john boehner, the house speaker, which i visited last week, a tip back into recession would cause real economic pain. middle town and rest of southwestern ohio is working its way back economically...
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information as how i would characterize it. >> reporter: sure. >> you mentioned the thing about john boehner and the president playing golf apparently in 2013, something brian sullivan mentioned yesterday. it's a little ambiguous as to whether in that exchange, the president was saying, who's that, as if he didn't know him, or who's that has a kind of throwaway line >> dismissive. >> dismissive line that wasn't substantive enough. >> reporter: a lot of this goes to state of mind, emotions. >> yep. >> reporter: he can say, who's that sort of, yeah, dismissing him saying he's not significant enough anymore, he's a has bee - or saying who's that generally unaware of who is the person is. a lot of what's in the book here is sort of emotions, people's state of mind, all that. what they were thinking at the moment, that's very tough to report out journalistically and going to be very tough to prove it's factually wrong. >> yeah, what you were thinking is not on tape anywhere, thank goodness. >> reporter: not yet, anyway >> eamon javers, thanks very much. >> reporter: you bet. >> melissa >>> the do
information as how i would characterize it. >> reporter: sure. >> you mentioned the thing about john boehner and the president playing golf apparently in 2013, something brian sullivan mentioned yesterday. it's a little ambiguous as to whether in that exchange, the president was saying, who's that, as if he didn't know him, or who's that has a kind of throwaway line >> dismissive. >> dismissive line that wasn't substantive enough. >> reporter: a lot of this goes to...
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you mentioned boehner speaking at the top of the hour. in the past few moments the obama 2012 campaign staff has tweeted the following. if your taxes go up, republicans will have made a conscious choice to let that happen. we have no way of knowing if this is somehow related to what the speaker may say in 20 minutes' time. might just be yet another echo of an existing talking point. that's going to be one more tea leaf to read in the next half hour. >>> when we come back, delta air lines buying a 49% stake in virgin atlantic today. we'll talk to the ceo about the deal and what it means for the airline's future after the break. again? it's embarrassing it's embarrassing! we can see you carl. we can totally see you. come on you're better than this...all that prowling around. yeah, you're the king of the jungle. have you thought about going vegan carl? hahaha!! you know folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. how happy are they jimmy? happier than antelope with night-vision goggles. nice! get happy. get geico
you mentioned boehner speaking at the top of the hour. in the past few moments the obama 2012 campaign staff has tweeted the following. if your taxes go up, republicans will have made a conscious choice to let that happen. we have no way of knowing if this is somehow related to what the speaker may say in 20 minutes' time. might just be yet another echo of an existing talking point. that's going to be one more tea leaf to read in the next half hour. >>> when we come back, delta air...
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bringing tears to the eyes of his host and fellow catholic house speaker john boehner and shouts of joy from the 30,000 greeting him outside of the capital. telling lawmakers live by the golden rule. >> do unto others as you will have them do unto you. >> the pope calling for the world's largest arms exporter to end the arms trade. >> why are weapons being sold to those who plan to inflict untold suffering on society. sadly the answer as we all know is simply for money. >> and in describing business as a noble profession, urged it's leaders to put people before profits. >> it can be fruitful souls of prosperity from the area in which it operates, especially if it sees the creation of jobs as an essential part of his service to the common world. >> the pope's phrase of the late d dorothy day, suggests he remains wary of capitalism though failing to include a line that says politics can't be a slave to the economy and finance it appears the pope was wary of being too critical of it as well. >> the vatican calling the dropped line a little oversight by the pope in a 50 minute speech asking
bringing tears to the eyes of his host and fellow catholic house speaker john boehner and shouts of joy from the 30,000 greeting him outside of the capital. telling lawmakers live by the golden rule. >> do unto others as you will have them do unto you. >> the pope calling for the world's largest arms exporter to end the arms trade. >> why are weapons being sold to those who plan to inflict untold suffering on society. sadly the answer as we all know is simply for money....
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and they walked away from the boehner/obama agreement. so i'm hopeful that we will come to agreement. i think moody's is correct. if we don't, we will undermine confidence and undermine credibility of the united states. we need to come to agreement. we need to sit down together and reason together and adopt a balanced plan. that's the trick. >> so what's your vision? when would you expect an agreement? >> i don't expect any agreement before the election. i think frankly the republican posture has been that they're right, that the obama administration has been wrong on growing the economy. i think they're wrong on that, but that's been their position. and i don't think they're going to come to any agreement prior to the election. i think it's not a context for an agreement. what i'm hopeful is that we will not waste the lame duck and that we will very shortly after the election engage in a way that shows patriotism and commitment to country, not to party. >> right. well, we did hear from house majority leader eric cantor earlier. he said t
and they walked away from the boehner/obama agreement. so i'm hopeful that we will come to agreement. i think moody's is correct. if we don't, we will undermine confidence and undermine credibility of the united states. we need to come to agreement. we need to sit down together and reason together and adopt a balanced plan. that's the trick. >> so what's your vision? when would you expect an agreement? >> i don't expect any agreement before the election. i think frankly the...
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. >> that's going to be the question that boehner has to deal with. the president will have to deal with the far wings of his party. boehner started doing it. did you see they removed two tea party members from the budget committee? >> i don't want to raise taxes to fund 25% of gdp. >> and actually, the american taxpayers are being told to pay their fair share. they want to see real entitlement reform as well. but you have to deal with the issue on the table. i mean, the spending right now is a percentage of gdp is 24%. it's projected to go substantially higher. do you know that medicare and medicaid didn't exist 50 years ago and they're now a quarter of the federal budget? >> i know. it was supposed to be supplemental. david walker was on the other day talking about obama care which is supposed to save us a trillion dollars and the actual cost, what it added the our entitlement is 12 trillion. just that we did in the last two years. or whenever it was. >> but in terms of where we are now in this negotiation, i believe that both sides in the final ana
. >> that's going to be the question that boehner has to deal with. the president will have to deal with the far wings of his party. boehner started doing it. did you see they removed two tea party members from the budget committee? >> i don't want to raise taxes to fund 25% of gdp. >> and actually, the american taxpayers are being told to pay their fair share. they want to see real entitlement reform as well. but you have to deal with the issue on the table. i mean, the...
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groups that have really blasted this deal already today and speaker boehner had some tough words for them. take a listen. >> you mean the groups that came out and opposed it before they ever saw it? >> >> yes, those groups? are you worried -- >> they're using our members and using the american people for their own goals. this is ridiculous. listen, if you're for more deficit reduction, you're for this agreement. >> so leadership here likes the deal. they want to see it passed later this week, as early possibly as tomorrow but some of the rank and file republicans, particularly of the tea party political stripe, didn't like what they heard when they were briefed by their leadership on what's exactly in this deal. take a listen to some of that dissent as well. >> it is the typical end-of-the-year deal i've seen in my three years up here. it's going to increase spending with the promise of spending cuts some time in the future. at the end of the day it's going to increase the deficit, raise taxes and fees and it's not going to address the long-term overspending in washington. >> so sue,
groups that have really blasted this deal already today and speaker boehner had some tough words for them. take a listen. >> you mean the groups that came out and opposed it before they ever saw it? >> >> yes, those groups? are you worried -- >> they're using our members and using the american people for their own goals. this is ridiculous. listen, if you're for more deficit reduction, you're for this agreement. >> so leadership here likes the deal. they want to...
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. >>> kevin mccarthy throws a hat in the ring for speaker boehn boehner's job, talking about the odds of the a government shutdown. >>> if you want $20 million, all you have to do is solve one of the most difficult problems in the world. the ceo of the x prize foundation here to explain in the second hour of "squawk box" lifts off right now. ♪ >>> live from the beating heart of business, new york city, this is "squawk box." >> welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc, first in business worldwide. brian sullivan is in for joe kernan. here's what's going on. asian stocks sold overnight, it's on track for the worst loss in four years, an nikkei fell 4%, and shanghai dropped 2%. let's look at what's going on in european equities at this hour. we have a bit of a mixed picture, and then if we flip that board around, see what's going on in u.s. equity futures, right now, things are looking up, better this morning, dow would open up 78 points higher, s&p 500 up, and nasdaq up 27 poe points. >>> our top stories, the senate taking steps to avoid a government shutdown, a stopgap spending bill
. >>> kevin mccarthy throws a hat in the ring for speaker boehn boehner's job, talking about the odds of the a government shutdown. >>> if you want $20 million, all you have to do is solve one of the most difficult problems in the world. the ceo of the x prize foundation here to explain in the second hour of "squawk box" lifts off right now. ♪ >>> live from the beating heart of business, new york city, this is "squawk box." >> welcome back...
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yesterday we said to speaker boehner, made an explicit offer. all right, you wanted 988, we'll give you 988. in between the house and the senate. but let's keep the government functioning while we negotiate those differences. so you have said take it or leave it, we'll take it. and, unfortunately, the response was we'll leave it. as a result, the government is not functioning today, it is not open, that is reckless, it is irresponsible, and it puts the economy at risk in order to achieve a political gain. and i think that's unfortunate. >> do you think the republicans are at a point now where to save face they need some token? is there anything you can think of that would work that way that you guys could part with? >> we gave them not a token, we gave them their deal. if i'm negotiating the sale of a house, i want to buy a house. if somebody gives me the price, i say, okay, i'll accept your price. there's something wrong with the negotiation. this is not a token, we gave them what they wanted. >> we haven't gotten to the medical -- just the med
yesterday we said to speaker boehner, made an explicit offer. all right, you wanted 988, we'll give you 988. in between the house and the senate. but let's keep the government functioning while we negotiate those differences. so you have said take it or leave it, we'll take it. and, unfortunately, the response was we'll leave it. as a result, the government is not functioning today, it is not open, that is reckless, it is irresponsible, and it puts the economy at risk in order to achieve a...